“Contrived situations” yeah; like who even in the real world isediting video, making models, coding, or doing audio and photo work.

Parental controls and screen time locks; This surely doesn’t require abusive legislation for parents to be able to parent. This is nothing more than theater for Politicians to be able to point at and say “See! We’re battling the WoKe AgEnDa”.

I care about life way more than diamonds.

It has 22 at launch with downloadable titles, and close to 200 in development...

Not true:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534

No, it is still LARGELY based on OS X. It uses the same kernel
(Darwin) and many of the same API's.

Fingerprints are good because they replace ZERO security. Most people don't PIN lock their phones. Finger Print lock is too convenient not to use.

It is meant as a deterrent to common thieves, and works well as such. A robber isn't going to grab your phone, ask for a nice clear print, and then run home to his laser printer and latex (and you could remote wipe the device in the mean time anyway).

If its the government you're worried about...well, if they have physical access to your device they probably have you in custody and can compel you to unlock it anyway, or just use existing forensic tools and warrants to get what they want. Even then we're talking about the unlikely scenario of you being arrested and having anything more interesting on your phone than funny cat pictures.

I'm trying to imagine a "real world" scenario where TouchID is less secure than a 4 digit passcode or no security at all...and I got nothing.

Pattern lock is hardly secure considering they can see the smudge on your screen. And the NSA has said they can easily get into any Android device.

TouchID is still harder to trick than that. It's meant to deter common thieves, not James Bond. If the government has your phone they can easily compel you to unlock it or use existing forensic tools combined with warrants to your cellular provider.

If you're worried about that just use the old password system? The fingerprint thing isn't a requirement...

Malware that has reach end users on the App Store can be counted on your fingers. Do you *really* want to compare that to Android malware figures?

You can argue *why* that is, but reality begs to differ that App Store security is a 'delusion'.

Really? Apple didn't have to do jack shit. We're talking about 3rd party chargers and knock-off's here.

But please, make Apple the bad guy here for essentially warranting 3rd party hardware.

...but please, keep telling us how much safer and secure Linux is compared to Windows and Mac/iOS!

T-Mobile does have a true unlimited data plan (no throttling).

I'm paying $98/month (which includes $20/month for a no-contract iPhone 5) for unlimited talk/text/data, full device insurance, and their Jump upgrade plan that allows for phone upgrades every 6 months.

I live in Reno and LTE data speed is usually between 20 - 33 Mbps download and ~8 Mbps upload.

True, but then you get called an idiot when you get infected with malware for not using just the Play Store.

Indeed, this exact option is available to iOS users.